Living with a children's author isn't as easy as it looks!

Yeah. That happened. While there were painters at my house trying to kill me, Mom and I got out of the way and stayed at a hotel. It was a whole new place to be. It’s scary, but if you tuck in your tail and slick back your ears, you can get through it and even settle in, lie down, and rest up after a while.

Since Mom is up to her eyeballs in PiBoIdMo, she needs ideas to keep trickling into her head so they can be typed into the list on her phone. A change of scenery is the perfect way to make that happen. Sometimes it’s as simple as a walk in the park.

You have the bestest mum, it’s great that she helped you to escape from that painters… yes, they are dangerous, they can kill us and in worst case the paint us black… or red… or purple… A change of scenery is like the “reset” button of the computer, all things and all thoughts are fresh and like new :o)

Cute post. We had our house painted while on vacation. No stress on anyone. Cupcake, it’s good to try new things. Mom was there for you. Now you have to deal with the new smells of fresh paint. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks, P. It’s not just the new paint smell – Mom is moving furniture and getting new stuff! This could get confusing. I hope she doesn’t get rid of the big chair. I’m going to need it to hide behind!

Hi Cupcake, really glad to hear you got some pampering in while the painters were working. I loved all your photo’s. Especially the one where you were sitting so nice in the middle of the bed. Darn you ARE Q-ute. Staycations are almost like a vacation without the hassle of the airport. A very good thing I think.

Hi Cupcake! What an awesome blog this is! You are so pretty and smart. I have a dog Charley and she says hello to you! We look forward to follow your blog. And btw,your mom Genevieve is a very talented writer and artist! With love from Johanna and Charley.

That pet-friendly hotel looks very elegant and comfy but the management seems to be rather substandard. They didn’t realize that they have a Very Special Guest who is a renowned personality all over the world! They could have doubled or tripled or hundredded the number of guests by making a campaign with the cutest pics featuring you in their rooms!